interrupting
my self-criticism ?
a cardinal
chirrups
for her mate
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Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton
Marilyn Hazelton is editor of red lights, an international tanka journal, where tradition and innovation meet. Rostered as a teaching poet with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, her work includes residencies in France, Japan and Morocco.
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'
interrupting
my self-criticism —
a cardinal
chirrups
for her mate
—MARILYN SHOEMAKER HAZELTON
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Wonderful use of juxataposition, those first two lines (I'm a Virgo) are so grounded, and then to change to birdsong, which can stun us into getting out of our own mind trap.
I really like this – it made me stop and think.
marion
Can see the whole incident in my mind's eye. Brilliant!
Love this
'
interrupting
my self-criticism —
a cardinal
chirrups
for her mate
—MARILYN SHOEMAKER HAZELTON
.
Wonderful use of juxataposition, those first two lines (I'm a Virgo) are so grounded, and then to change to birdsong, which can stun us into getting out of our own mind trap.
Subtly brilliant!
warmest regards,
Alan